HilbertSpace

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   by HilbertSpace 17y ago

   "But the full hypothesis is 'Given the data, are girls better than boys at this exam?' and clearly, the prior probability is relevant." No, prior probabilities have nothing to do with it. We state our 'null' hypothesis that the boys and gir
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   by HilbertSpace 17y ago

   "I can't believe there isn't a well-defined analytical expression for that..." Well, yes, there is some solid mathematics behind the pot stirring! Writing out some appropriate mathematics, will likely want all 33 billion combinations of 38
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   by HilbertSpace 17y ago

   The materials I listed never or nearly never mention 'Bayesian statistics', 'subjective probabilities', or 'prior probabilities'. For what has been done in statistics over the past 100 years or so, each research library has a large section
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   by HilbertSpace 17y ago

   Early in my career, I asked that question. Eventually I got some answers. Broadly usually the 'big bucks' are in things that are new at least in some important sense. To find such things, one recommended approach is to stand "on the shoul